The heartbreaking Monterey cypress

The heartbreaking Monterey cypress Pull it up by the roots before you fall in love with it The Monterey cypress is one of the worst trees for South...

December 3, 2022
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The heartbreaking Monterey cypress Pull it up by the roots before you fall in love with it The Monterey cypress is one of the worst trees for Southern California. The Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) is an evergreen conifer with heavy masses of tiny, scalelike leaves and round cones roughly an inch and a half in diameter that tend to hang onto branches for many years. Conifers, of course, are members of a class of trees and shrubs that have needle-like or scalelike leaves, generally carry their seeds in cones, and are usually evergreen.

Pat Welsh